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The Map of Bones

#4 in series

by Kate Mosse
Hattie Morahan
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Read by Hattie Morahan, with an author's note read by Kate Mosse.
'Mosse is a master storyteller' – Madeleine Miller, bestselling author of Circe
A sweeping story of love, adventure and adversity, The Map of Bones by Kate Mosse is an epic tale of courageous women battling to survive in a hostile land.
Olifantshoek, Southern Africa, 1688. When the violent Cape wind blows from the south-east, they say the voices of the unquiet dead can be heard whispering through the deserted valley. Suzanne Joubert, a Huguenot refugee from war-torn France, arrives in search of her cousin — the notorious she-captain and pirate commander Louise Reydon-Joubert — who landed at the Cape of Good Hope more than sixty years before, then disappeared without a trace . . .
Franschhoek, Southern Africa, 1862. Nearly one hundred and eighty years after Suzanne's perilous journey, another intrepid and courageous woman of the Joubert family — Isabelle Lepard — has journeyed to the small frontier town once known as Oliftantshoek in search of her long-lost relations. Intent on putting the women of her family back into the history books, she quickly discovers that the crimes and tragedies still shadow the present. And now, Isabelle faces a race against time if she is to discover the truth, and escape with her life . . .
Painstakingly researched and beautifully told, The Map of Bones is the fourth – and final – novel of The Joubert Family Chronicles, following the bestselling The Burning Chambers, The City of Tears and The Ghost Ship.
Praise for The Joubert Family Chronicles:
'Gripping, complex and intensely atmospheric' – The Mail on Sunday on The Burning Chambers
'A historical epic' – The Observer on The City of Tears
'Meticulously researched and stunningly written' – Santa Montefiore, bestselling author of Wait for Me, on The Ghost Ship
The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse was a #1 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 09-07-23

  • Creators

  • Series

    The Joubert Family Chronicles

  • Publisher

  • Release date

    October 10, 2024

  • Formats

    • OverDrive Listen audiobook

      • ISBN: 9781035042197
      • File size: 423379 KB
      • Duration: 14:42:01

  • Languages

    • English

  • Reviews

    • Publisher's Weekly

      October 28, 2024
      Mosse juggles two tales, two centuries apart in the fascinating if uneven conclusion to her Joubert Family series (after The Ghost Ship). In 1688, Suzanne Joubert, a Huguenot refugee, lands in Cape Colony, Southern Africa, after fleeing rampaging Catholic soldiers in Provence. Suzanne desperately wants to discover what became of her ancestor, Louise, who captained her own vessel to Africa, disrupting slaver ships before she vanished somewhere near the middle of the continent. After some lucky finds and numerous near-death experiences, Suzanne is shipwrecked off the coast of England, where she records her discoveries. Then, in 1862, Isabelle Lepard sets out to uncover the remainder of the story—including the fate of Louise’s lover, who was born a woman but passed as a man—so she can write a historical account and open a Joubert Family Reading Room in London. The motivations for Mosse’s heroines feel rather contrived, as do shoehorned-in recaps of the Jouberts’ family history (“Forgive me for repeating what you know, gran’mère, but it helps me to order my thoughts”). Still, series fans will appreciate the vivid historical detail, headlong pace, and gratifyingly feminist finale. Flaws aside, this sends out Mosse’s saga on a high note. Agent: Maria Rejt, Soho Agency.

    • Library Journal

      November 2, 2024

      Nearly 200 years separate the two women in the final volume of Mosse's Huguenot family saga (after The Ghost Ship). Suzanne Joubert travels to South Africa in 1688, escaping the religious violence back in her native France and hoping to unravel the mystery of what happened to her cousin, the pirate and ship captain Louise Reydon-Joubert. Suzanne's travels to the interior and back reveal a dramatic family secret that will later spur one of her descendants to also travel abroad for answers, two centuries later. In 1862 England, Isabelle Lepard, also a member of the Joubert family, is building a family archive. However, she is missing the story of Louise and insists on traveling to South Africa to discover her fate and fill in this last bit of her family's history. But Isabelle's voyage comes with a hidden danger that still lurks around the Jouberts, and it may cost her her life. VERDICT A satisfying and dramatic conclusion to Mosse's centuries-spanning family saga. The detailed, woman-centric series showcases her talents as a storyteller and is both well-considered and well-written. Devoted Joubert fans will adore the finale, but new readers can also enjoy the novel, which works as a stand-alone.--Laura Hiatt

      Copyright 2024 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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